Strong British showing at US TV Academy Emmy nominations

After a year when most people across the world – and certainly in the US – have been stuck at home, watching the small screen, America’s Television Academy has announced the nominations for its prestigious Emmy Awards.

Emma Corrin and Josh O’Connor are among The Crown’s 24 Emmy nominations.

It’s the streamers who are leading the field, with the long-running Netflix drama, The Crown, neck-and-neck on 24 nominations with the Disney+ Star Wars spin-off, The Mandalorian. Another Disney+ show, WandaVision, from the Marvel stable, has 23 nominations.

Many of the cast members of The Crown are in the running for Emmys, including Olivia Colman, Josh O’Connor and Emma Corrin, who play the Queen, Prince Charles and Princess Diana in the drama, based on the British Royal Family. There are also nominations for Gillian Anderson, Helena Bonham Carter, Emerald Fennell and Tobias Menzies, who portray Margaret Thatcher, Princess Margaret, Camilla Parker Bowles and the Duke of Edinburgh.

Paul Bettany is one of many British actors nominated by the US TV Academy; his WandaVision co-star Elizabeth Olsen is also up for an award.

British men are particularly strong in the Limited Series category, where Hugh Grant, Paul Bettany and Ewan McGregor are among the five leading actor nominees, for The Undoing, WandaVision and Halston.

The Crown is one of eight shows up for best drama series, alongside The Mandalorian, The Handmaid’s Tale This is Us, Pose, Bridgerton, Lovecraft Country and The Boys.

Although the Emmy’s are designed to recognised American shows, a number of British productions have made it onto the short-list, as a result of US co-productions, so Michaela Coel’s BAFTA-winning I May Destroy You is in the running for Best Limited Series, while Coel herself is nominated for acting, writing and directing.

In the acting category, she’s one of four British nominees, alongside Mare Of Easttown’s Kate Winslet, Anya Taylor-Joy for The Queen’s Gambit and Cynthia Erivo, for Genius: Aretha.

Although it’s the equal most nominated show, The Mandalorian is recognised mostly in the technical categories.

There’s less British interest in the comedy categories, where the main contenders include Black-ish, Apple TV’s Ted Lasso, Hacks, Saturday Night Live and The Kominsky Method.

The winners – announced in September – will be voted for by a membership of more than twenty five thousand people working in the TV industry, from the following list (main categories only):

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES

Black-ish
Cobra Kai
Emily in Paris
Hacks
The Flight Attendant
The Kominsky Method
Pen15
Ted Lasso

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

The Boys
Bridgerton
The Crown
The Handmaid’s Tale
Lovecraft Country
The Mandalorian
Pose
This Is Us

OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIES

I May Destroy You
Mare of Easttown
The Queen’s Gambit
Underground Railroad
WandaVision

LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Anthony Anderson – Black-ish
Michael Douglas – The Kominsky Method
William H Macy – Shameless
Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso
Kenan Thompson – Kenan

LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Kaley Cuoco in The Flight Attendant
Aidy Bryant – Shrill
Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant
Allison Janney – Mom
Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish
Jean Smart – Hacks

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Carl Clemons-Hopkins – Hacks
Brett Goldstein – Ted Lasso
Nick Mohammed – Ted Lasso
Brendan Hunt – Ted Lasso
Paul Reiser – The Kominsky Method
Jeremy Swift – Ted Lasso
Kenan Thompson – Saturday Night Live
Bowen Yang – Saturday Night Live

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Rosie Perez – The Flight Attendant
Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
Aidy Bryant – Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live
Cecily Strong – Saturday Night Live
Juno Temple – Ted Lasso
Hannah Waddingham – Ted Lasso

LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Sterling K Brown – This Is Us
Jonathan Majors – Lovecraft Country
Josh O’Connor – The Crown
Regé-Jean Page – Bridgerton
Billy Porter – Pose
Matthew Rhys – Perry Mason

LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Uzo Aduba – Treatment
Olivia Colman – The Crown
Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale
Mj Rodriguez – Pose
Jurnee Smollett – Lovecraft Country

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Tobias Menzies – The Crown
O-T Fagbenle – The Handmaid’s Tale
Max Minghella – The Handmaid’s Tale
Bradley Whitford – The Handmaid’s Tale
Michael K Williams – Lovecraft Country
Giancarlo Esposito – The Mandalorian
John Lithgow – Perry Mason
Chris Sullivan – This Is Us

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Gillian Anderson – The Crown
Helena Bonham Carter – The Crown
Emerald Fennell – The Crown
Madeleine Brewer – The Handmaid’s Tale
Ann Dowd – The Handmaid’s Tale
Yvonne Strahovski – The Handmaid’s Tale
Samira Wiley – The Handmaid’s Tale
Aunjanue Ellis – Lovecraft Country

LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE

Paul Bettany – WandaVision
Hugh Grant – The Undoing
Ewan McGregor – Halston
Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton
Leslie Odom Jr – Hamilton

LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE

Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You
Cynthia Erivo – Genius: Aretha
Elizabeth Olsen – WandaVision
Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen’s Gambit
Kate Winslet – Mare Of Easttown

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE

Thomas Brodie-Sangster – The Queen’s Gambit
Daveed Diggs – Hamilton
Paapa Essiedu – I May Destroy You
Jonathan Groff – Hamilton
Evan Peters – Mare Of Easttown
Anthony Ramos – Hamilton

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE

Renee Elise Goldsberry – Hamilton
Kathryn Hahn – WandaVision
Moses Ingram – The Queen’s Gambit
Julianne Nicholson – Mare Of Easttown
Jean Smart – Mare Of Easttown

OUTSTANDING REALITY COMPETITION SERIES

Nailed It!
The Amazing Race
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice

OUTSTANDING VARIETY TALK SERIES

Conan
Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Late Show with Stephen Colbert

OUTSTANDING VARIETY SKETCH SERIES

A Black Lady Sketch Show
Saturday Night Live
Outstanding television movie
Dolly Parton’s Christmas On The Square
Oslo
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
Sylvia’s Love
Uncle Frank

WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES

Steve Yockey – The Flight Attendant
Meredith Scardino – Girls5eva
Lucia Aniello, Paul W Downs, Jen Stansky – Hacks
Maya Erskine – Pen15
Jason Sudeikis (teleplay); Brendan Hunt and Joe Kelly (story) – Ted Lasso (Make Rebecca Great Again)
Jason Sudeikis and Bill Lawrence (teleplay and story); Brendan Hunt and Joe Kelly (story) – Ted Lasso (Pilot)

WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

Rebecca Sonnenshine – The Boys
Peter Morgan – The Crown
Yahlin Chang – The Handmaid’s Tale
Misha Green (teleplay) – Lovecraft Country
Dave Filoni – The Mandalorian (Chapter 13: The Jedi)
Jon Favraeu – The Mandalorian (Chapter 16: The Rescue)
Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Steven Canals, Janet Mock, Our Lady – Pose (The Finale)

WRITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMA

Michaela Coel – I May Destroy You
Brad Ingelsby – Mare Of Easttown
Scott Frank – The Queen’s Gambit
Chuck Hayward and Peter Cameron – Wandavision (All-New Halloween Spooktacular)
Jac Schaeffer – Wandavision (Filmed Before A Live Studio Audience)
Laura Donney – Wandavision (Previously On)

DIRECTOR FOR A COMEDY SERIES

James Burrows – B Positive (Pilot)
Susanna Fogel – The Flight Attendant (In Case of Emergency)
Lucia Aniello – Hacks (Pilot)
James Widdoes – Mom (Scooby-Doo Checks and Salisbury Steak)
Zach Braff – Ted Lasso (Biscuits)
MJ Delaney – Ted Lasso (The Hope That Kills You)

DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

Julie Anne Robinson – Bridgerton (Diamond Of The First Water)
Benjamin Caron – The Crown (Fairytale)
Jessica Hobbs – The Crown (War)
Liz Garbus – The Handmaid’s Tale (The Wilderness)
Jon Favreau – The Mandalorian (Chapter 9: The Marshal)
Steven Canals – Pose (Series Finale)

DIRECTING FOR A LIMITED SERIES

Thomas Kail – Hamilton
Michaela Coel and Sam Miller – I May Destroy You (Ego Death)
Sam Miller – I May Destroy You (Eyes, Eyes, Eyes, Eyes)
Craig Zobel – Mare Of Easttown
Barry Jenkins – The Underground Railroad
Matt Shakman – Wandavision